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Although this conclusion is based on evidence that none of the 4520 preoperative RT-PCR tests performed at the local level yielded a positive result, several additional aspects should be considered when interpreting negative RT-PCR test results. Firstly, in contradiction to the authors who stated that the diagnostic sensitivity of RT-PCR is up to 95% in diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 infection, lines of evidence confirm that the rate of positive results from a single RT-PCR test by nasopharyngeal swab is around 85%, increasing to more than 95% when the sample is collected and tested a third time.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a> An additional source of uncertainty is the high risk of false negative RT-PCR tests during the early stage of SARS-CoV-2 infection (typically 3–5 days after exposure to the virus), which can be as high as 50%.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a> Inadequate secretion collection due to poor technique may also mean swabs fail to reach the nasopharynx, thereby increasing false negative rates and underestimating the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> The above factors could result in a significant number of patients being erroneously considered "negative" and subsequently developing active SARS-CoV-2 infection, with a high potential to spread the virus and thus generate in-hospital outbreaks. Finally, the diagnostic yield of molecular tests is considerably lower in presymptomatic/asymptomatic patients than in symptomatic patients, with a decrease in sensitivity from 96% to 70%, thus magnifying the risk of false negative tests in subjects infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the presymptomatic stage or in asymptomatic carriers. Since De la Matta et al. did not undertake any follow-up testing after the initial test, it seems unrealistic to conclude that the proportion of asymptomatic carriers among surgical patients would be "<1/2722", as they claim.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0005"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a></p><p id="par0010" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Although we agree that widespread screening for SARS-CoV-2 in asymptomatic populations is unnecessary, and perhaps unwarranted for a variety of social, economic, and diagnostic reasons,<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> we disagree with the conclusion that the rate of asymptomatic surgical patients is always negligible in low prevalence scenarios, especially when combined with a highly vulnerable setting. Efficient testing protocols are essential to reduce in-hospital outbreaks and protect the most vulnerable patients (i.e., the immunocompromised and elderly), and may be critical given the rapid spread of new SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC).</p><span id="sec0005" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0005">Conflict of interests</span><p id="par0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors have no conflict of interests to declare.</p></span></span>" "textoCompletoSecciones" => array:1 [ "secciones" => array:2 [ 0 => array:2 [ "identificador" => "sec0005" "titulo" => "Conflict of interests" ] 1 => array:1 [ "titulo" => "References" ] ] ] "pdfFichero" => "main.pdf" "tienePdf" => true "bibliografia" => array:2 [ "titulo" => "References" "seccion" => array:1 [ 0 => array:2 [ "identificador" => "bibs0005" "bibliografiaReferencia" => array:5 [ 0 => array:3 [ "identificador" => "bib0005" "etiqueta" => "1" "referencia" => array:1 [ 0 => array:2 [ "contribucion" => array:1 [ 0 => array:2 [ "titulo" => "Utility of preoperative polymerase chain reaction testing during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: the challenge of evolving incidence" "autores" => array:1 [ 0 => array:2 [ "etal" => false "autores" => array:6 [ 0 => "M. 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Letter to the Director
Negative preoperative RT-PCR screening is no guaranty of no SARS-CoV-2 infection
El cribado preoperatorio negativo mediante RT-PCR no garantiza la no infección por SARS-CoV-2
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c The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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